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ManilaMommy Reviews: Pigeon Teether and Lip Trainer

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*I wrote about this originally at my old blog when DW was just 5 months old. During the course of buying baby stuff, you tend to discover a thing or two that makes you say WOW! it really works! It happened to me and BDW when we were buying teething rings for DW. At Mothercare, I already chose one and showed it to BDW who said that the plastic could be too hard for the little guy. I told him that most teethers I know are made of hard plastic. But he insisted on looking for softer teethers … [Continue reading]

Baby Einstein Sets the Record Straight

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In my last post, I wrote about the Baby Einstein refunds. Now Susan McLain, General Manager of Baby Einstein sets the record straight: For the past several years, Baby Einstein has been under attack by propaganda groups taking extreme positions that try to dictate what parents should do, say and buy. Our philosophy has always been to focus on creating products that parents and babies love, and to not get sidetracked and pulled down into their street fight.Unfortunately, with Susan Linn’s latest … [Continue reading]

Disney Offers Refunds for Baby Einstein Videos

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They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect. Earlier today, someone from my twitter network sent this link from the New York Times entitled,  " No Einstein in Your Crib? Get a Refund" Basically, Disney settled in a class action lawsuit that cited the media behemoth for deceiving parents into believing their kids will turn out to be wunderkinder with the videos. Yes, count me as one of … [Continue reading]

RIP Lou Albano

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Bad news Paizanos! Super Mario has gone to the big mushroom kingdom in the sky! I remember Lou Albano best as the live action Mario in the Super Mario Brothers Super Show which I grew up watching with my brothers in the 90s. I can't believe the show only had 52 episodes! I first got to see Captain Lou Albano though as Cindy Lauper's dad in her still awesome video, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".  Cool no? He was also a character in that fun Wrestling Cartoon show that I also … [Continue reading]